Mustang disintegrates during crash near I-15

5:34 PM,
Apr. 11, 2012

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ST. GEORGE - A 33-year-old St. George woman was transported by ambulance to Dixie Regional Medical Center Wednesday afternoon following a two-vehicle accident just under Interstate 15 at mile marker 16.

Shannon Welch was driving a 2009 Ford Mustang on state Route 9 when she cut in front of another vehicle to get on the southbound I-15 entrance, hitting the dirt barrier located at the base of the freeway structure, said Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Dan Ferguson.

Once her vehicle hit the dirt, the car broke off in pieces as her car continued forward and struck the cement barrier to the freeway, ...